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By Abid Š2006 Bollyvista.com |
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Saawan... The Love Season |
Next, we have the talented Vasundhra Das crooning to 'Ready For Love', and sorry to say she is completely wasted in the Aadesh Srivastava version of the Boney M vintage classic 'Daddy Cool'. One feels that the composers of today think the public's memory is short, maybe for others but not for us Mr. Aadesh! Now, coming back to the merits (rather de-merits) of 'Ready For Love'. While the 'mukhda' has incorporated 'Daddy Cool' (shamelessly), the 'antara' copies Laura Branigan's (with Gloria Estefan) 'Self Control' (on the sly) and with Vasundhra reduced to screaming 'I'm ready', it gets too irritating and idiotic, so we are forced to skip to the next track.
Shaan and Sunidhi Chauhan come together again after the pacy 'Punjabi Ankhowali' for the title track 'Saawan - The Love Season' is a very soft and melodious love song (musically and sung quite well). The song could have been much better had the lyricist Saawan Kumar not added the tagline - ,The Love Season, (and that too in English!), which makes the title track sound stupid at times. Otherwise, it can be classified as a good romantic track.
Typical Arabic music, the sort used by the gypsies (while dancing) sets the pace for the highly rhythmic dance/item number 'Mere Dil Ko Dhadkne Ko'. Though Shaan and Shreya have done a good job, the 'antra' is a complete ripoff from Rekha's '80s scorcher 'Pyar Do, Pyar Lo' from Feroz Khan's 'Jaanbaaz'.
All in all, it is a let down from the talented Aadesh Shrivastava, as almost all his compositions have been inspired/copied. Ironically, he himself has accused Anu Malik of doing it ('Humko Deewana Kar Gaye' old title track)!
The best track (as we have said above) is by Sajid-Wajid and as a result, 'Saawan ... The Love Season' will find limited appeal and the success of the album will depend on that of the movie. With Salman in an important role, one can never doubt that.
Rating: 6.5/10
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